Coyotes have never really been a problem for us.  Living in the boreal forest, timber wolves are a bigger problem, although we haven't had a wolf kill for probably ten years.  Last wolf kill near our place was about 5 years ago.  Suspected cougar kill took place at the same neighbouring farm at the same time.  We and our neighbours have cut a good portion of our timber land in the past few years, so the predators have moved further north and into singles in the 'islands' of forest.

Also good to have gun-toting neighbours who love to shoot anything that moves on four legs and eats meat     One of our neighbours loves to go to the nearby creek crossing and sit in the bed of his pick-up in a lawn chair and blow beavers away with his 30-30.  :lol:  :roll: